Market Humanism: A New Paradigm for a New Era

By Claire Schnatterbeck | May 28, 2026
In 1962, the historian of science Thomas Kuhn published a short book that changed how educated people think about intellectual progress. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions argued that knowledge does not advance through the steady accumulation of better facts. It advances through ruptures—moments when a prevailing framework, or paradigm, collapses under the weight of anomalies it cannot explain, and a…Read More

The White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr.

By Robert Faturechi | May 28, 2026
When the Pentagon announced a $620 million loan last year to a small North Carolina startup linked to Donald Trump Jr., defense officials and the company tried to tamp down suspicions of cronyism.  The president’s eldest son said through a spokesperson that he wasn’t involved. The Pentagon said Trump Jr. played no role in the record-setting deal. And the startup’s…Read More

Esta oficina del sheriff dice que reformas contra el perfil racial son costosas. Auditores encontraron $163 millones malgastados.

By Rafael Carranza | May 28, 2026
Más de 7 mil dólares en suscripciones de televisión por cable. Un carrito de golf de 11 mil dólares. 1.5 millones de dólares en remodelaciones de oficinas en un lujoso rascacielos de Phoenix. Y también 1.7 millones de dólares para pistolas Taser. Esos rubros estuvieron entre los más de 200 millones de dólares en gastos que la Oficina del Sheriff…Read More

The Texas Senate candidates have two radically different visions of Christianity

By Christian Paz | May 27, 2026
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks to supporters on May 26, 2026, in Plano, Texas. | Amanda McCoy/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Now that Ken Paxton, the conservative attorney general of Texas, has defeated incumbent John Cornyn for the Republican Senate nomination, we may see something unusual in modern American elections: a theological throwdown. In a closely…Read More

The White House’s Latest Anti-Fraud Spin Does Not Come Close to Adding Up

By Nicole LaFond | May 27, 2026
No Easy Fix During his State of the Union address in February, President Trump made an absurd, fantastical and quickly debunked claim: Once Vice President JD Vance had a chance to root out fraud from (blue states’) social services programs, the federal budget would be balanced and the deficit would disappear. Source link talkingpointsmemo.com In his February State of the…Read More

'Dirty Tricks' Operation Behind GOP-Aligned Super PAC With a Progressive-Sounding Name Exposed

By Brad Reed | May 27, 2026
A super political action committee with a progressive-sounding but with Republican financial backers that has been meddling in Democratic primaries was further exposed Wednesday by independent journalist Judd Legum as a clear example of a “dirty tricks operation.” Legum’s new reporting on the funding behind a mysterious super PAC called Lead Left, which recently spent hundreds of thousands of dollars…Read More

Whatley spent two decades cashing in as a corporate lobbyist

By Jesse Valentine | May 27, 2026
A new ad from the conservative group Americans for Prosperity portrays Michael Whatley as a political outsider despite his two-decade career as a corporate lobbyist. A voiceover claims that “while others chased power, Whatley worked to make a difference,” but his résumé is a virtual case study in revolving-door politics, with him constantly ping-ponging between the public and private sectors.…Read More